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THE PRICE OF DORMICE

Steve Lunn

ISBN 978-1-83574-055-2

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Publication: 31 OCTOBER 2024
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ISBN: 9781835740552
Price: £9.99

Binding: Paperback
Format: 216 x 138 mm

Extent: 432 pp
Illustrated: None

Thema: FF Crime

Author & book location: Oxford

• The Price of Dormice is an entertaining,
comedic-crime novel set in Oxford following
‘ordinary’ Mick and his peers in their quest to
protect a nature reserve from destruction.
• Perfect for fans of Janice Hallett, Richard
Osman, Steve Sheppard.

When Mick's life is almost ended by Oxford's influential
chief planner Conrad, the near-miss and ensuing violence
awaken his sense of justice. Conrad, deeply embedded in
Raised in a pit village in Derbyshire, Steve Lunn now lives in Oxford, Oxford's elite, colludes with venerable St Mark's College in
where his debut novel, The Price of Dormice, is set. He worked on their sale of a 650-acre farm for development. Strategically
hill farms, and in software design and education, and co-founded located in the OxCam Growth Arc, the development will
Southern England’s first community-owned wind farm. Steve writes involve bulldozing a nature reserve and its dormice.
and campaigns on environmental issues, actively engaging in
conservation and. He shares his life with artist Imogen Rigden, their Mick joins fellow ordinary people in protest. Meanwhile
extended family, and a young dog. Conrad's wife Kimberley demands a divorce and extends a
helping hand to Mick. Tragedy strikes when two people,
believed to be Conrad and Kimberly, die in a suspected
arson attack on their home.

Mick becomes prime suspect. Unable to prove his
innocence, he realises truth hardly matters in this game of
Sales: Star Book Sales LLP privileged versus powerless. The privileged set the rules,
T: 01404 515050 forcing Mick and friends to resort to blackmail and guerrilla
E: enquiries@starbooksales.com tactics. Amidst murders, romance blooms, yet the fate of
the dormice hangs in the balance.
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